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The 2012 Sicilian regional election for the renewal of the Sicilian Regional Assembly and the election of the President of Sicily was held on 28 October 2012. It was a snap election, following the resignation of President Raffaele Lombardo for judicial and financial reasons.
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The election was competed by ten candidates from newly reshuffled political alliances, and was an unusually close race. The winner of the election was Rosario Crocetta,[2][3] candidate for a centre-left coalition of Democratic Party and the Union of the Centre.[3]
The Sicilian Parliament is elected with a mixed system: 80 MPs are chosen with a form of proportional representation using a largest remainder method with open lists and a 5% threshold, while 10 MPs are elected with a block voting system with closed lists.
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Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | ||
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Rosario Crocetta | 617,073 | 30.47 | 9 | ||||||
Democratic Party | 257,274 | 13.42 | 14 | ||||||
Union of the Centre | 207,827 | 10.84 | 11 | ||||||
Crocetta for President (incl. ApI and PSI) | 118,346 | 6.17 | 5 | ||||||
Democratic Union for Consumers | 100 | 0.00 | – | ||||||
Total | 583,547 | 30.43 | 30 | ||||||
Nello Musumeci | 521,022 | 25.73 | 1 | ||||||
The People of Freedom | 247,351 | 12.91 | 12 | ||||||
Cantiere Popolare | 112,169 | 5.85 | 4 | ||||||
Musumeci List (incl. The Right) | 107,397 | 5.60 | 4 | ||||||
Alliance of the Centre (incl. PSDI and MRN) | 5,017 | 0.26 | – | ||||||
Total | 471,934 | 24.62 | 20 | ||||||
Giancarlo Cancelleri | 368,006 | 18.17 | – | Five Star Movement | 285,202 | 14.88 | 15 | ||
Gianfranco Micciché | 312,112 | 15.41 | – | ||||||
Party of Sicilians | 182,737 | 9.53 | 10 | ||||||
Great South | 115,444 | 6.02 | 5 | ||||||
Future and Freedom | 83,891 | 4.37 | – | ||||||
Thought and Action Party | 959 | 0.05 | – | ||||||
Total | 383,031 | 19.97 | 15 | ||||||
Giovanna Marano | 112,633 | 6.10 | – | ||||||
Italy of Values | 67,738 | 3.53 | – | ||||||
Left Ecology Freedom – Federation of the Left – Greens | 58,753 | 3.06 | – | ||||||
Total | 126,491 | 6.59 | – | ||||||
Mariano Ferro | 31,390 | 1.55 | – | The People of Pitchforks (incl. FN) | 23,965 | 1.20 | – | ||
Cateno De Luca | 25,058 | 1.23 | – | Sicilian Revolution (incl. Sicilia Vera) | 23,966 | 1.20 | – | ||
Gaspare Sturzo | 19,248 | 0.95 | – | Sturzo for President | 14,929 | 0.77 | – | ||
Giacomo Di Leo | 4,495 | 0.22 | – | Workers' Communist Party | 2,031 | 0.10 | – | ||
Lucia Pinsone | 3,659 | 0.18 | – | Volunteers for Italy | 2,278 | 0.11 | – | ||
Total candidates | 2,024,696 | 100.00 | 10 | Total parties | 1,915,830 | 100.00 | 80 | ||
Source: Sicilian Region |
Following the result of the election, Crocetta was elected as president of Sicily, which turned out to be surprising in what was considered the strongest conservative stronghold of Italy. As he did not have a full majority in the Sicilian assembly, Crocetta decided to form a minority government with the support of the Five Star Movement in a number of shared legislative acts.
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